William Howe Guion

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William Howe Guion I (1817-1884) headed the Williams and Guion Black Star Line.^[1]

Biography

He was the son of John Guion and Maria Howe of Westchester County, New York.

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William had a younger brother Stephen Barker Guion which was one of the "Williams & Guion Black Star Line" founders.

Stephen Barker Guion with John Stanton Williams formed the Williams & Guion Black Star Line.

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William was married and had a son, whose name was also William Howe Guion II or William Howe Guion the Second (cerca 1830-1886).^[2]

Stephen Barker Guion passed through the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool in 1852 where he was acted as an agent of the "Williams & Guion Black Star Line". John Stanton Williams was another partner of the "Williams & Guion Black Star Line" in New York City.^[3]^[1]

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The elder brother William Howe Guion joined the office in New York City in 1853.^[3]

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In January 1884, William Howe Guion left the "Williams & Guion Black Star Line" and his nephew William Howe Guion, Jr., 36 years old, became a partner and the company received name "Guion & Co.".^[3]^[1]^[4]

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References

1 2 3 "Failure Of W.H. Guion". New York Times . January 20, 1884. Retrieved 2011-12-16. Mr. William H. Guion, who has been, since the death of Mr. John S. Williams in 1876, at the head of the firm of Williams Guion, agents of the Guion line of European steamers in this City, yesterday made an assignment without preferences to Avery T. Brown, a lawyer at No. 63 Wall-street. ...
↑ "Death of W.H. Guion, Jr.". New York Times . January 9, 1886. By the death of Mr. W.H. Guion, Jr., on Thursday night, the firm of Guion Company, of New York, the successors of the old house of Williams Guion, will terminate.
1 2 3 "Stephen Barker Guion" (PDF). New York Times . December 20, 1885.
↑ New York Times (January 21, 1884). William H. Guion, Ruined by loans to friends.

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